500% increase in the production of the Western arms company under the pretext of the war in Ukraine

Fars News Agency International Group; In a situation where Ukraine has not been able to defeat Russia despite the help of the West, Ilka Hikila, one of the directors of Nordic Ammunition Company, announced that it will increase its production five times in 2024.

The company called “Nammo” is active in the field of producing all kinds of ammunition and rocket engines, and although it is private, the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Finnish “Patria” arms company share in it.

Ministry of Defense of Finland announced that since the beginning of the war, it has given 1.72 billion dollars in military aid to Ukraine. In the last days of last year, this ministry also announced its plan for military aid of 114 million dollars to Ukraine.

Kiev Post newspaper, in its report, called Finland “the main partner of Ukraine”. In the fight against Russian aggression” he read and wrote that artillery shells play a key role in helping Kiev.

Finnish-Norwegian company’s provision to increase military production takes place in the context of Finland’s cooperation with Russia. It has a common border and officially joined NATO in March 2023 and abandoned its traditional neutrality.

Finland and the US signed a defense agreement on December 18, 2023, according to which Washington has access to Finnish military facilities such as four An air base and a naval base were prepared.

Namo company has applied to participate in the European Union plan to increase the production of ammunition and missiles to solve the shortages in Ukraine. If the company receives the permit, it will build a new factory for the production of artillery shells.